Herbert Armstrong (cricketer)

H Armstrong

Personal information
Full name	H.H Armstrong
Born	25th Oct 1862
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1882–1885	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 23 Runs scored 502 Batting average 14.34 100s/50s –/2 Top score 68 Balls bowled 3,713 Wickets 68 Bowling average 20.23 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 7/33 Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2009

H. H. Armstrong was an English first-class cricketer who was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.

Armstrong represented Hampshire in first-class matches. The first came in 1882 against Marylebone Cricket Club. His final first-class match came against Derbyshire in 1885, which was to be Hampshire's final match as a first-class county until the 1895 County Championship. Armstrong made two half centuries with a top score of 68. Known for his bowling Armstrong took 68 wickets at an average of 20.23.

Armstrong lived in Southampston from 1881 to 1889 or 1890. He played cricket for Southampton until 1888, and his performances where written up in the Hampshire Advertiser. He worked in a cousins lamp and oil shop in St. Mary's Street. He married in 1889 and then moved to London to work with his brothers in a wholesale fruit business. He had two children a boy and a girl and in 1913 moved to Ringwood Hampshire where he had a wool shop. He died in 1942, his daughter gave an album of press cuttings and badges to the Hampshire Cricket club museum.

External links

• H Armstrong at Cricinfo
• H Armstrong at CricketArchive
• H Armstrong at CricketArchive